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Ahead of tonight’s match at Vicente Calderón Stadium, Danish referee Claus Bo Larsen has been encouraged by UEFA to call the game to a halt if the racist abuse that blighted Atletico Madrid’s last European home game [...]

One of the more interesting games this weekend is likely to be Sunday’s Group B clash between Poland and Germany, thanks in part to the media storm whipped up by brilliant-sounding Polish newspaper Super Express.

Sepp Blatter – a man whose comments are always informative, cutting edge and universally welcomed among the football community – has claimed the influx of foreign players in the Premier League has weakened the English [...]

It’s always a bit embarrassing when your plan to bribe high powered officials with beautifully tanned prostitutes is found out – especially if you’re FC Porto, and the underhand referee sex exchange took place back in 2003/2004, when everything [...]

During a congress held at the home of football, Sydney, Australia, FIFA delegates have overwhelmingly voted in favour of Sepp Blatter’s ‘six-plus-five’ plan, which would could limit the amount of foreign players in a team to five. The BBC sez: